I just finished an 8 episode marathon of Digital circus. No info on anything, no lore or internet knowledge previous of watching the episodes. Havenāt even checked internet. Two theories that I can think of:
C & A were developing an IA world where people could upload their consciousness to live in after their deaths. Kind of a āpromised landā. The afterlife. The paradise. Something went incredibly wrong and the Caine IA and it corrupted its second version, the Abel AI (kind of like in the bible, Caine killed his brother). Caine took power of this āpromised landā afterlife and trapped its programmers inside of it. All of the humans inside are death now, the adventures, NPCās and objects make direct references to their deaths:
Ragatha was murdered by her mother
Pomni was pulled apart by alligators of some sort of wildlife?
Jax died on a car crash. Possible connection to Gangle
Gangle was ran over
Zooble killed herself? Or maybe died during some sort of cosmetic surgery. Hinted that she was an alcoholic
I think that adventure about a man feeling guilty about having killed his wife and ending in hell because of it makes so much sense in this theoryās context and Kingsterās story; he feels guilty that he ākilledā Queenie because maybe he got her into C & A and thatās what caused her demise when all the programmers got sucked into the AI world. They both ended up in literal hell. Maybe thatās why heās in the AI world; he went for Queenie, therefore killing himself, trying to get her back. Maybe he didnāt know what was awaiting him and once he got there he lost track of what was he supposed to do. Caine was corrupting him?
Also, Queenie is an important member of this story. She represents whatās right. āThe right choiceā. Queenie is the blue butterfly and therefore the correct path. She could maybe represent Eve? The mother and the source of (the creator, but not in the āgodā way)? Queenie represents such a mystery for me because she was the member of the first group that lasted the most other than Kingster. What made Queenie finally abstract? She had Kingster, somewhat sane. If they kept each other company, then why did she lose control? Did Caine corrupted her as well?
Also that comment of āKingster has been here the longestā, like Adam was the second human on earth, hence he was there āthe longestā (other than Eve). Thatās what I think itās representing, but I might be reading too much into it.
Another dialogue that I think supports this theory is that detail about Spark having a brain tumor. Maybe he knew he was going to die and that motivated him to work into C&A with the other programmers to develop the IA. He could represent āthe creatorā as well. Thatās why heās arguing with Caine in that scene where Kingster and Queenie reunite, he was trying to reason with his AI.
Maybe being abstract is kind of like what being corrupted by sin is in the bible. The abstracted get sent āundergroundā (hell) and kicked out of the digital circus (out of the paradise) by Caine, who thinks that should be the one to control it.
Something else that itās scratching my brain: Pomniās eyes are blue and red. Right and wrong. She getās hypnotised by her own eyes in the mirror at the very start. Why? Why is she this mix between Caine and Abel? On that same lane, where is the Abel AI? Caine couldnāt have killed it forever right? Or did he? Just like in the biblical story. Itās Pomni a soul that the Abel AI latched on in order to pass unnoticed and regain control from the inside?
I will write about my second theory after I had some sleep and finished my homework lol.
